U/O 10/18

runyogamom

I didn't see this started so I'll go ahead and start it. I look a good u/o! Happy Friday-eve

nmbrcrnchr1

I saw this on my fb feed this morning. I despise the #mytribe/#tribe crap. I have no idea why but I cringe every time I see it on my social media feeds. 

meatballs37

I think traveling is overrated. 

prpl11butterfly

@meatballs37 I agree. I mean, it would be nice to see other countries and sites but I don't feel like my life will be lacking I'm excitement if I don't. 

@nmbrcrnchr1 #idontgethashtags #imannoyedbyallofthem

Dcwtada

I dislike all sweets (cakes, candy, ice cream, brownies, etc.) with only a few exceptions...I could sleep in a cheese danish and I eat cool whip out of the tub with no shame. 

sparklingdiamond

@dcwtada I wish I disliked sweets.  They are my weakness!

My UO is I hate designer labels.  Why would I pay more to advertise for that brand?? (Mainly referring to purses that have the brand label all over it)

SunflowerMama428

@sparklingdiamond I splurged on a designer purse only for everyone to ask me where I got such a good knockoff from ::insert faceplam:: I never bought a designer purse again lol 

ruby696

@sparklingdiamond I agree - I prefer designer items that are harder to identify   

My UO is that I usually don't like other people's dogs. Or their kids. Although I have become more tolerant of kids since I've had my own.

klmcguire

@ruby696 I feel you there. When I was pregnant with my first my mom said, "Are you sure about that, you aren't really good with kids and you don't seem to like them." 

I dread the days of sleepovers and having to deal with kids other than my own. 

runyogamom

@Dcwtada you can send me all your sweets. Sitting in a morning meeting I just ate two twixs, a york peppermint patty, and a kitkat (fun sized halloween candy). I was in heaven.

@meatballs37 I would say I think traveling with a toddler is overrated! I love traveling to a nice beach somewhere to kick my feet up and relax. But we took DS this past summer and it was a rough vacation that we ended up cutting short because he just couldn't sleep. Most exhausting vacation ever.

ruby696

@klmcguire My mom once told me she couldn't believe how good I was with my kids. Like she wasn't expecting it at all. Uh, thanks? 

klmcguire

ruby696 said:

@klmcguire My mom once told me she couldn't believe how good I was with my kids. Like she wasn't expecting it at all. Uh, thanks? 

Oh she has definitely told someone in front of me, "She is a much better mom than I expected." Wow that's great to hear.

She has always worked from home and raised the babies of the family when I was growing up. She asked me once to watch my cousin and she found me in bed 20 minutes later. Needless to say, I wasn't asked to help again.

KissMeImScottish

@meatballs37, I could totally live as a nomad, jumping from place to place. I live for travel! I wish money wasn’t such a restriction on the ability to do it.

@Dcwtada, you know, I never had a sweet tooth (though I did have a savory one - is that a thing??) until I was pregnant with my daughter. Now, I definitely do have one. And fall isn’t helping! ALL the apple pie!

I’m terrible at UO - I’m not sure I’m a particularly controversial person. 

goodgodlemon

@ruby696 @klmcguire oh thank god, I'm not alone! 

@Dcwtada ugh I wish, sweets are my weakness. I cannot resist

My UO is that I hate pumpkin spice everything and I think fall is overrated. Give me summer and heat.

ruby696

@klmcguire 😂 I tended to just ignore them. Which makes me feel bad, now that I have my own and see how much attention they need. So I don't ignore strange kids now, but I secretly think many are annoying.

eleven_

You guys are making me feel so much better about not liking all kids. I too am not looking forward to sleepovers and huge birthday parties. I do love all dogs though. I'm that person who will be hanging out with the dog at a party instead of other people.

My UO: I love sci-fi and am a huge nerd about most things, but I cannot stand Dr. Who. I just cannot get into it. 

ruby696

@eleven_ My soon to be 4yo has yet to have a birthday party with his classmates. I keep telling myself next year, but ugh. Plus, where I live, no one does kid parties at home. So it's like $500 just to get the site, plus party favors, etc. No thank you. 

dntstpbelieveing

My UO is it drives me up a wall when people say they are single parenting because their spouse is gone for the night or on a business trip. If you are married or have a partner you are not a single parent. My husband works an on call job, especially in the winter I spend MANY nights home alone with my son. At no point have I been a single parent. I can still call and bitch to my spouse, my spouse still comes home eventually, I still have a spouse. 

kjr9519

@goodgodlemon I’m not a fall person either. And I can’t stand the taste of pumpkin. 

UO: I don’t drink coffee at all. Not any kind of drink that has even a little coffee in it. It tastes like burnt dirt to me.

dntstpbelieveing

@kjr9519 Coffee is the most disgusting thing ever. 

KissMeImScottish

@dntstpbelieveing, while I don’t disagree with you, and I don’t consider myself a single parent, when my husband is gone, he’s GONE. Like, no communication for essentially six months at a time gone. I am not a single parent, because I have financial support and yes, he will be home eventually, but the “you have emotional support” thing really irks me because no, I definitely don’t have that when he’s deployed. (Should clarify, he’s a Submariner, so we are lucky if we even have email on occasion. Usually they are running silent while on station so that they are not detected)

meatballs37

I also do not drink coffee. It’s rather have a nice cold dr. Pepper for my caffeine fix. 

dntstpbelieveing

@KissMeImScottish absolutely, and I get that. I more mean people who say it when there partner is gone for a night or two or for like a week on a business trip. 

eleven_

Me reading all the coffee hate! BLASPHEMY! 

meatballs37

@eleven_ but but but dr. Pepper is far superior 😆

runyogamom

All the people hating coffee, how do you survive? I didn't like coffee until I got into college. I started slowly with lattes, then flavored syrup coffee and now I can drink regular coffee. But I miss it so much right now. I can't drink it when I have morning sickness so I'm sad. 

dntstpbelieveing

I generally will drink a coke in the morning but I go spurts where I give it up. Now I just drink water. 

ruby696

@runyogamom I've been drinking tea, just to keep the ritual of a hot beverage in the morning. It is not the same.

harrierwife

I believe that 99% of people cannot support their political beliefs with real logic. 
I generally don't like people that don't like pitbulls. Not liking dogs is one thing, but singling out pitties grinds my gears. 
I don't understand how people run marathons voluntarily. Like, why? 

meatballs37

@harrierwife

There is a HUGE pit bull in our neighborhood who is the sweetest! Our DD is obsessed with him. 

I once ran a half marathon. Never again. 

eleven_

@harrierwife 100% agreement about the pitbulls. They can be one of the sweetest dogs. And usually if they aren't, they have been mistreated or were bred to be aggressive. 

jhems776

Gotcha Day is only for the day a child was adopted, it is extremely disrespectful when people call the day they got a pet the same thing.  

harrierwife

@meatballs37 - Every pit I've ever met (and I've volunteered at inner city shelters) has been the biggest puss-face lap dog. Have some of them had bad pasts/rap sheets? Yes. But as with all dogs, I believe the vast majority are good - there are only bad owners. The only dogs I've had bad experiences with are German Shepherds. 

They're the most loyal, eager-to-please animals with the strength of an ox. Thus, easy to exploit. 

prpl11butterfly

@harrierwife I adore Pitts! My own is a mutt of : Pit, Rottie, Doberman, and ..... black lab. Hes a medium sized dog with a BIG bark and behaviour wise, all lab. My MIL had a pitt that my BIL stole from a drug dealer. He was the sweetest most loving thing ever but was trained to hate cops. I think it's really does come down to breeding/training.

Coffee is life. I don't understand the hate for it.

ruby696

@harrierwife I worked at a kennel while I was in college. Give me all the pitbulls, dobermans, mastiffs, etc. over little bitey dogs. I have seen vicious cocker spaniels and seriously questionable labs. IMHO it really does depend on breeding and environment for ANY dog.

klmcguire

@harrierwife I have not ran a full marathon yet, but I have ran quite a few half marathons and completed a Half Ironman (70.3 triathlon) this year. It is my way of balancing the wine consumption and gives me alone time! Overall it is enjoyable to put on a good podcast and go out for a 30-1 hour run. I am missing running right now! 

jhems776

Hating coffee would have been my UO up until about a year ago, didn't like the taste.  Too many sleepless nights and my diet pepsi just didn't cut it. I started with lattes with extra sugar and by the end just a pinch of sugar to black coffee. I mostly cut out coffee when I started TTC and now straight coffee makes me super sick. 
Jump on the I also hate pumpkin, in anything, even pie.  The worst is when it is in a cookie, stop tricking me!

harrierwife

@ruby696 - Totally agree. I've been bit by chihuahuas, shih tzus, and German Shepherds. 

klmcguire

Reality TV is horrible! 

Also, as if Alabama didn't look bad enough in the public eye then why not start a show that is called "Redneck Housewives of Alabama"

Kill me.

meatballs37

@klmcguire sheepishly raises hand. I love reality tv. Specifically bravo. 😬 currently loving below deck. 

SunflowerMama428

klmcguire said:

Reality TV is horrible! 

Also, as if Alabama didn't look bad enough in the public eye then why not start a show that is called "Redneck Housewives of Alabama"

Kill me.

Reality tv is like a car wreck. You just can’t look away. i currently love TLC’s 90 day fiancé and any variation of it. That being said I can’t get into any housewives of shows. Just not my thing. 
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